Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society
The Historical Sociology of Japanese Martial Arts
1st Edition
By Raul Sanchez Garcia
June 30, 2020
Winner of the Norbert Elias Book Prize 2020 This is the first long-term analysis of the development of Japanese martial arts, connecting ancient martial traditions with the martial arts practised today. The Historical Sociology of Japanese Martial Arts captures the complexity of the emergence and ...
The War on Drugs in Sport: Moral Panics and Organizational Legitimacy
1st Edition
By Vanessa McDermott
June 30, 2020
This book is an innovative and compelling work that develops a modified moral panic model illustrated by the drugs in sport debate. Drawing on Max Weber’s work on moral authority and legitimacy, McDermott argues that doping scandals create a crisis of legitimacy for sport governing bodies and other...
Phenomenology and the Extreme Sport Experience
1st Edition
By Eric Brymer, Robert Schweitzer
May 07, 2020
Understanding the motivations behind those who partake in extreme sports can be difficult for some. If the popular conception holds that the incentive behind extreme sports participation is entirely to do with risking one’s life, then this confusion will continue to exist. However, an in-depth ...
Fitness, Technology and Society: Amusing Ourselves to Life
1st Edition
By Brad Millington
February 25, 2020
The fitness industry is experiencing a new boom characterized by the proliferation of interactive and customizable technology, from exercise-themed video games to smartphone apps to wearable fitness trackers. This new technology presents the possibility of boundless self-tracking, generating highly...
Global Perspectives on Sports and Christianity
1st Edition
Edited
By Afe Adogame, Nick J. Watson, Andrew Parker
February 25, 2020
While the relationship between sport and religion is deeply rooted in history, it continues to play a profound role in shaping modern-day societies. This edited collection provides an inter-disciplinary exploration of this relationship from a global perspective, making a major contribution to the ...
International Safeguards for Children in Sport: Developing and Embedding a Safeguarding Culture
1st Edition
By Daniel Rhind, Frank Owusu-Sekyere
February 25, 2020
Safeguarding should be a central concern for any sports organisation working with children or young people. This significant new study examines the development, implementation and impact of the International Safeguards for Children in Sport; a set of guidelines drawn up by a working group of ...
Rugby Union and Professionalisation: Elite Player Perspectives
1st Edition
By Mike Rayner
February 25, 2020
The game of rugby has changed significantly in the course of its history. In the early part of the 19th century it evolved from a folk game played by the working class to a recreational activity for public schoolboys. From the 1820s rugby represented an opportunity for gentlemen to demonstrate ...
Sporting Capital: Transforming Sports Development Policy and Practice
1st Edition
By Nicholas F. Rowe
February 25, 2020
In a world of competing public policy priorities, economic challenges and political uncertainty, sports development organisations and initiatives need to adapt to survive. This book makes the case for 'Sporting Capital' as a new conceptual model of sports participation with the potential to ...
Surfing, Sex, Genders and Sexualities
1st Edition
Edited
By lisahunter
December 06, 2019
Sex, gender and sexuality have played an important role in shaping the culture of surfing and are central themes in the study of sport and movement cultures. Rooted in a rich precolonial history, surfing has undergone a modern transformation shaped by visual culture, commodification, sportization, ...
Transforming Sport: Knowledges, Practices, Structures
1st Edition
Edited
By Thomas F. Carter, Daniel Burdsey, Mark Doidge
December 06, 2019
Sport sociology has a responsibility to engage critically with the accepted wisdom of those who govern and promote sport. This challenging collection of international research is a clear call for enacting the transformation of sport. The contributing authors argue that it is not enough to ...
Football Fans, Activism and Social Change
1st Edition
By Dino Numerato
December 05, 2019
The study of football fandom is a fast-growing area of research in the sociology of sport. The first work of its kind, this book explores football fan activism and its impact on contemporary football culture in England, Italy and the Czech Republic. Presenting a comparative study of fan activism in...
Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard Medcalf, Chris Mackintosh
December 05, 2019
Researching Difference in Sport and Physical Activity goes beyond the content of introductory research methods texts to provide an insight into the methodological hurdles that are experienced when researching ‘difference’ in Sport and Physical Activity. Contributors reflect upon how the rhetoric ...